The Great Ocean Road is one of the most popular routes on the Great Victorian Bike Ride, and next year for the ride's 30th anniversary it'll return to that spectacular piece of the Victorian coastline.

There will be a couple of differences to previous excursions in that area - for example, the ride will start across the border in Mt Gambier.

From there the stops will be Nelson, Portland, Port Fairy, Port Campbell, Gellibrand, Birregurra, Torquay, and Geelong.

There'll be a couple of serious hills in there as well including Laver's Hill.

The route was announced to a packed tent at the Traralgon campsite on this year's ride by Event Organiser Darren Allen from Bicycle Network Victoria.

There were cheers when he mentioned there wouldn't be any unsealed roads next year!

The ride will also break the magical 600 kilometer barrier, extending to 610 kilometers.

I also asked Darren about this year's ride so far, particularly the difficult fourth day where the rain ruined what should've been a real highlight, but as he says the riders are incredibly resilient with most battling through a very challenging day.